When my box of goodies arrived from Indigo Herbs last week, I knew what I wanted to make with them – a fruity tea loaf for Ryan. Ryan loves dried fruit, me not so much (although I am learning!), and he polished off my last tea loaf really quickly. I wanted to know...

And so we come to the last Tendrils of July, a rich smörgasbord of tantilising plant-related material. My science-writing alter ego works with Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron facility. Diamond accelerates electrons to near light speeds, producing a...

I’ve talked about hemp before on this blog, and about how it’s crazy that its cultivation is basically prohibited (you can grow it commercially, if you have a licence from the Home Office, and a buyer lined up) because some varieties of it are grown for their...

Hello! Welcome to Tendrils. This week it got so hot that I was forced to retreat to a virtual Swedish forest to pick berries for Lubera. Of course, I do grow some of my own, but it was too hot to step outside and see if they were ripe! This week the Guardian...

Hello! Welcome to Tendrils. If you’re in the mood for a long read, check out In the land of lost gardens, which is about ethnobotanist Nancy Turner and her work with indigenous elders in Canada, preserving their traditional plant knowledge for future generations. And...

It seems like the gardening season is one long whirlwind of garden shows. With the Malvern spring show, Chelsea and the new Chatsworth out of the way, garden designers and their teams are ramping up for Hampton Court. Their show gardens may offer up the best and...